Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of making an impression on transfer-paper.
- noun Printing from a stone that has been prepared with a transfer.
- noun In ceramics, a common method of decorating the surface of fine earthenware used for table-service, etc.
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Examples
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Mordants were also used to apply gold or other leaf to ceramic, and the same pouncing technique was the basis for transfer-printing engraved designs onto enameled boxes and ceramic bodies. 42
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Arrays of tiny silicon solar cells like the one in this photograph are assembled using a transfer-printing technique.
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